Famous Psychologists | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William James A generally cool dude who had ideas about just about everything behavioral. He also had a great sense of humor. One of the first Americans to make a big splash into the field. |
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Wilhelm Wundt Often called the 'father of experimental psychology,' Wundt felt that psychology should be conduced more like other sciences and set up the first psychology laboratory. |
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James (J.J.) Gibson Developed ecological psychology. The basic idea: we can learn all we need to know about the world directly from patterns of light (or sound). |
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Stanley Milgram No student can make it through intro psychology withough running in to the infamous Milgram studies on obedience. |
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B. F. Skinner Also a behaviorist, but this time using operant conditioning (changing behavior patterns through the use of rewards and punishment). |
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John Watson A behaviorist through and through, his work in classical conditioning was very influential. |
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Sigmund Freud I can't imagine a famous psychologists page without him. Though many disagree with his theories, his ideas still pervade popular culture. |
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Jean Piaget Possibly the most influential developmental psycholgist in history. |
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